Thibodeau: Bulls' Hinrich 'much improved'

The Bulls held more of a walkthrough than practice Sunday afternoon at the Berto Center, but coach Tom Thibodeau said Kirk Hinrich's strained right groin is "much improved."

Hinrich spent several minutes following the walkthrough getting up jumpers and looked to be moving well. He suffered the injury last Tuesday and sat out the Bulls' exhibition finale on Friday as a precaution.

"He's doing well," Thibodeau said. "He's much improved."

Asked if he thought Hinrich would practice on Monday, Thibodeau said yes. The Bulls have two more practice days and a shootaround before Wednesday's regular-season opener against Sacramento.

"We’re in a good spot," veteran center Nazr Mohammed said. "We’re learning each other’s games. We have a lot of confidence in one another. The season is taking it up another notch. I don’t want to go in too confident. Defensively, we’re coming along. They’ve integrated us new guys pretty well. We still have some terminology we’re learning but overall we’re pretty solid."